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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
816 AM CST WED FEB 2 2011

...PRELIMINARY SNOW TOTALS FOR THE TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES...

A STRONG WINTER STORM STORM BROUGHT SNOW TO THE TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA
PANHANDLES BEGINNING DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS OF
MONDAY...JANUARY 31 AND ENDING DURING THE MORNING HOURS OF
TUESDAY...FEBRUARY 1. SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS WERE LIGHT WITH MOST
LOCATIONS REPORTING BETWEEN 1 AND 2 INCHES.

HOWEVER...THE BIGGER STORY HAS BEEN THE COLD TEMPERATURES. A BITTERLY
COLD ARCTIC AIR MASS MOVED INTO THE PANHANDLES AND COMBINED WITH
STRONG AND GUSTY NORTHERLY WINDS TO PRODUCE EXTREMELY COLD AND
DANGEROUS WIND CHILL VALUES ACROSS THE AREA. WIND CHILL VALUES
BETWEEN 15 AND 30 DEGREES BELOW ZERO HAVE BEEN COMMON. THE OKLAHOMA
MESONET SITE AT BOISE CITY RECORDED A WIND CHILL READING OF 36
DEGREES BELOW ZERO ON FEBRUARY 1.

THE FOLLOWING IS A LIST OF SNOWFALL TOTALS AS OF NOON ON FEBRUARY 1.
THESE TOTALS ARE PRELIMINARY AND SUBJECT TO CHANGE AS MORE
INFORMATION BECOMES AVAILABLE.


...PRELIMINARY SNOW TOTALS...

LOCATION                      SNOWFALL    COMMENTS
                               IN/S/

NWS AMARILLO                    0.7        600 AM   2/01

4 N CANYON                      2.5        110 AM   2/01
ALLISON                         2.0        809 AM   2/01
MIAMI                           2.0       1100 AM   2/01
CANADIAN                        2.0        800 AM   2/01
1 NNW BOYS RANCH                2.0       1200 AM   2/01
TEXLINE                         2.0        514 AM   2/01
WHEELER                         2.0       1000 AM   2/01
FOLLETT                         2.0        735 AM   2/01
1 S WELLINGTON                  2.0       1100 AM   2/01
CLAUDE                          2.0        800 AM   2/01
DAWN                            1.8        901 AM   2/01
VEGA                            1.7        900 AM   2/01
1 NW PAMPA                      1.6        630 AM   2/01
STRATFORD                       1.5        600 AM   2/01
GUYMON                          1.2        840 AM   2/01
DUMAS                           1.0       1100 AM   2/01
BEAVER                          1.0        258 AM   2/01
3 NW VEGA                       1.0        700 AM   2/01
CLARENDON                       1.0        800 AM   2/01
HEREFORD                        1.0        700 AM   2/01
8 SSW ROMERO                    1.0        700 AM   2/01
1 NE GRUVER                     1.0        800 AM   2/01
CANYON                          1.0        800 AM   2/01
DALHART                         1.0        630 AM   2/01
5 NNE PANHANDLE                 1.0        808 AM   2/01
1 S PERRYTON                    1.0       1100 AM   2/01
SPEARMAN                        1.0       1100 AM   2/01
WELLINGTON                      1.0        900 AM   2/01
BORGER                          0.5        835 AM   2/01
1 W SANFORD                     0.5        600 AM   2/01
6 WSW AMARILLO                  0.5        300 AM   2/01
2 ESE BOISE CITY                0.5       1100 AM   2/01
BOISE CITY                      0.3        600 AM   2/01
KENTON                          0.1        818 PM   1/31

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